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2016 Map of Alamosa West

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Alamosa West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

The city of Alamosa serves as the focal point for this 2016 survey, anchored by the campus of Adams State Univ and the Alamosa Spanish Cem 1913. The landscape reveals a complex network of water management essential to the region's agricultural history, featuring an intricate system of canals and ditches such as the Loveland Lateral, Denver Colony Lateral, and Waverly Drain Ditch. These man-made channels crisscross the terrain between the Rio Grande to the northeast and the Alamosa River to the south.

Transportation and infrastructure are prominent, with the San Luis Valley Regional Airport/Bergman Field situated just west of town. To the south, smaller railway stops or rural points like La Fruto, Henry, and Hartner align along the primary north-south transit corridor. This map documents a high-altitude valley floor where the transition from municipal center to vast irrigated fields is clearly defined by the rectilinear grid of county roads and named laterals.